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TTE-TlME PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY VOL. 37, NO. 14. HKITXKR, OREGON, THURSDAY, Jl LY 1, loao. srascRipnox, a.oo per teab THE Gaze SCIENCE OF YEARS IS (Pendleton East Oregonian.) What twill the John Day produce every year? How many people will it support? How much wealth will it add to the three counties in which it U located? These are big questions and If the answers are of any value they must be something more than a mere es timate or a fanciful display for ad vertising purposes. Such questions have beeu asked and answered so much in the west during recent years that the fellow who foots the bill nowadays usually takes them at the wholesalers discount of 60-25-6, and, then subject to approval after ship ment. Five yeurs ago at Hermiston when the congressional appropriation committee visited the Umatilla pro Ject, Representative Mondell of Wy oming, In a speech said that a good pioneer settler was endowed In addi tion to his usual five senses, with a sense of Prophecy. This was fine, and It is true, but a good deal de pends on what Is meant by the sense of prophecy. . Many settlers have been lured in a new Kldorado by hyp notic influences produced by beau tiful pictures sketched on hazy can vasses and their conclusions have no relation to the logic of events. If all were true tliut has been told about the wonders of western lands and if furmlng were like the average city bred fellow thinks It is, Congressman Mondell's statement would have little value. His sense of prophecy Is, howeve., but the cool logic of events practic ally carried out. It is no Arcau or dream world. It is the heritage of the average citizen who measures what may be done by what has been done, and, then adds the spirit of hope and enduring purpose. This sense of prophecy when applied to the John Day project can read the future only by a scientific consideration of present facts and conditions and what lias been accomplished in like situa tions in the past. We have shown that irrigation Is now a science, or a system of well organized facts, In the l iiuit Ilia-John Dny basin. Soil tests the duty of water, methods of irrigat ing, kinds of crops, climatic condi tions and marketing are all under stood and we kndw how to npply these facts to the John Day area with but little risk as there Is no condi " tlon on the John Day that has Its counterpart In the varied lands al ready developed throughout the dis trict. Five Acres to Uie Person. Annual statistics taken by the rec lamation service at Hermiston for several years shows that the full crop development of five acres and the ad dition of one person to the population keep pace together, The same is true at Stanfield, Irrlgon and Board man. These figures include the towns. The towns In all these in stances have no other resources than the surrounding Irrigated lands. Wherever there is a five acre tract of full grown alfalfa, or garden or or chard there Is one person. The John Day, therefore, with Its 300,000 acres twill support, and will require to han dle Its resources, 60,000 persons in Its towns and on Its farms. Another line of government statis tics show two and one-half persons to each irrigated farm. The farm unit usually laid out is 20 to 40 acres. This would make over 10,000 farms or over 25,000 people on the land alone. How much would be the annual ag ricultural output? Alfulfa Is produc ing 6 tons per acre. Some tracts pro duce more, but on an average the re turns will not exceed this amount at least for many years. Multiplying 300,000 acres by 8 and then by the price of hay runs into dizzying figures in Oregon. It hay is Iworth $10 In the stack it Is (18,000,000; It $20 Is the price, the John Day project could be built with one year's crop and leuve a winter's Bupply of food for 60,000 people. Yakima, lasf year, produced nearly $540,000,000 worth of crops and the John Day with the same prices can be made to do the same. The substitution of fruits, grains, vegetables, hops, pasture and livestock will reduce the acreage output very little, It any. This is more thun the present annual output of the lumber of Oregon; more than the wheat of the entire state; and more than the livestock and hay com bined. It iwould be greater than the present fish, fruit and raining out put combined. And If the reader will udd to It the 100,000 acres now under projects, not one-fourth developod yet, he will be convinced that we are still In our swaddling clothes, though lusty young babes. Increased Wealth. ... Fifteen yeat'B ago the Umatilla pro ject iwns assessed at about $30,000. Its assessed valuation (s now about $3,000,000. Whpn all the land is In cultivation the actual wealth, Includ Ing towns, livestock and chattels will excocd $6,000,000. The John Day project Is fifteen times sb large as the Hunt Side Umatilla project, and on the same basis of figures Its wealth will nearly reach the round numbers $100,000,000. This Is tlwlce the pre sent wealth of Umatilla county and one-tenth the wealth of the state of , Oregon. j These figures are large. They may seem exaggerated to you who have j passed up irrigation as a plaything of j promoters or a pet child of the gov-' ernment. They may seen large to you who have been asleep to the great ir-1 rigatlon development under way In i the country. They are not large in comparison hvith Irrigation statistics. Government projects alone', in 1918, produced more crops than the com bined output of New Hampshire and Vermont. The average yield per acre was $39 on government projects while the average yield per acre throughout the United States was but $19 per acre. If you do not believe these figures refer to government statistics In the agricultural and in terior departments. Vnlting All District. The building of the John Day and Including the McKay and Teel pro jects would unite all the irrigable lands from Echo to Arlington In a strip 15 to 20 miles wide along the Columbia. Its total Iwould be about 400,000 acres. The development of this vast waste means much to the es tate of Umatilla, Morrow and Gilliam counties. It Is written on the wall that this work will be accomplished, but much effort twill be required by public spirited and enterprising citi zens to put it across. It should not be left to luck or Inexperienced lead ers but the great public of Oregon should take a hand. If the John Day and McKay creek piojecU were open ed for settlement their wealth and population in another decade would exceed sums total of the present wealth, productivity and population of Umatilla, Morrow and Gilliam counties. In three years the Board man project was nearly all .develop ed, besides, many times the number of farms Mould be under cultivation at Boardman if the water had been available. Investments In these lands are as sufe as In wheat lands or older communities. Fifteen years' exper ience In reclamation work In these districts has left a scientific heritage to all those who are to follow, and it requires no sense of prophecy to foretell the great future of this awak ening young desert empire. John Wlidunen Hells Ranch E. M. Shutt and II. M. Oviatt this week closed a deal wherein John Wildanen has sold his lower ranch, kndwn as the Currln or Tooze land, consisting of 1471 acres, to Henry Smouse, for a consideration of $58, 840. The purchase price Includes the of the 470-acre crop of wheat and the section of summerfallow on the place. Mr. Smouse will take charge of the place In time to do bis harvest ing. He has been renting the M. K. Morgan farm south of lone the past twelve years, which farm has recent ly been sold to a Pendleton party. His new home when properly brought back to Its normal production twill be one of the finest near-ln ranches in the county. Mr, Wildanen will now devota his entire time to his upper Eight Mile farm, the old Vaughn place. RE ELECTED ANOTHER YEAR Lexington, Ore,, June 28. The Church of Christ of Lexington was well represented at the East Oregon convention at Pendleton. Those at tending were Mr. and Mrs, W. O. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Reaney, Her man Hill, Miss Opal Leach and Mr. and Mrs. W. C, Worstell. Rev. Wor stell of this city delivered the open ing sermon at the convention. Hie subject was "Some of the Enemies of the Home, Church and Nation." The newly elected board of the Church of Christ held their first meeting at the parsonage Friday eve ning, with 14 members of the board present. W. O. Hill was elected chair man and Miss Dona Barnett secre tary. Many plans for the coming year were acted upon, a building plan was launched and a committee was appointed to submit plans at once. The official board has presented to the church congregation a recom mendation of calling Mr. and Mrs. Worstell the coming year. The con gregation unanimously voted to ex tend he call and a committee of three, James Pointer, Cecil Warner and Roy Tyler, was appointed to ex tend the call, giving the pastor until September 1 to accept. Mr. Wor stell's year does not expire until Nov. 1, 1920. This action speaks well tor his work. Mrs. B. F. Duvull of St. Joseph, Mo., arrived Saturday to spend the summer with her sons, Harry and Crockett. She twos accompanied by her six year old grandson, Wluford Duvull, who will make his homo with Harry Duval). The children's Duy exercises at the Church of Christ given Sunday eve ning, were well attonded and a good offering received), Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Worstell have beeq chosen as delegates from the local church to the state convention at Turner and they will leave next Monday by auto, Preaching services both morning and evening every Sunday at the Church of Christ, FOR HALE Roll top office desk. See day Anderson at Court House. AND THIS i AI GRADING SCHOOL I'rofewr O. K, Hyslop of O. A. C. Conducts Interesting Classes For Agriculturalists In This City Far. hiers Halting Tour of Wheat Fields. A number of Morrow county far mers were school boys the first of the week and attended the grain grading classes conducted in this city on Monday and Tuesday by Pro fessor G. R. Hyslop of the Oregon Agricultural College, The classes were conducted In the exhibit build ing at the fair grounds, where Pro fessor Hyslop had ample room tor his demonstration work, Wheat varieties and methods of grain grading were explained by Pro fessor Hyslop. On Wednesday morning, a number of the farmers, accompanied by Coun ty Agent L', A. Hunt and Professor Hyslop left in automobiles for an In spection tour of the grain fields of Gilliam and Sherman counties as well as some of the fields In the west end of Morrow county. The men expect to go as far as Moro, where they will md several hours with Mr. Ste phens In going over the Moro exper iment station. Among the problems which the farmers will consider on this trip are: "How Deep to Plow?" What Seed to Grow?" "Does Har rowing pay? If So, When?" "How Best to Handle Summerfallow." Tractor Farming." "Should We Use the Sub-Surface Packer?" Among those making the tour are Professor Hyslop, County Agent Hunt, Oscar Keithley, Burton H. Peck and Dwight Mlsner. Stanfield Says Wool Grower Must Get 60c to Break Even (Portland Oregonian, June 29.) "The wool market is decidedly sluggish," said Robert N. Stanfield, the foremost individual wool grower of America, who arrived in town yes terday from Eastern Oregon and Ida ho. "Much of the late crop has not been sold, largely on account of the lack of transportation. Wool which was sent to Boston In March has not yet arrived at its destination, and wool orders sold on sampfe save been cancelled because of the non-arrival of the wool. It has cost the pro ducer so much In the past ttwo years that he could not get out even with less than sixty cents a pound. This lias been due to increased costs for everything, from the herders to the feeding, This last winter was so long that it necessitated double feeding, and the feed has been high. mmmttmmmnimmtmmtttMnt:tms:tttmtut:!istmtmmtmajamit: Take Notice! jujnt!tttt;!ti:t:t:ntit:ttJ!t:t!n!::t:!:::t::::t:t:ttJmt:::::;t::juj:::t::uta All the business houses of Heppner will be closed all day, SATURDAY, JULY THE 3rd mmt:!:!t!t:t!t:ttj:it::t:::::t:!:::!::::tn:!::::::::t::::::tjatt:!!i:m Do Your Trading Accordingly IS N0 JOKE!! T Heppner Commercial Club Will Go I "Iffy-Fifty With Hermiston Club In Getting I'nbittsed Opinion on Fast and West Roads Across Mor row and I'inatiUa, Suppose you, gentle reader, were a. tourist from a far land and had arrived at the John Day on your way to Pendleton. Through published re pons emanating from Hermiston you iwere inveigled to take the left hand road from McDonald's Ferry, the low er sand country through by Hermis tm to Pendleton. And as you met the griefs attending such a highway, you very likely would not have a high regard for somebody's opinion on w hat .constituted a good road. Thru this "bum steer" you overlooked the best road to Pendleton. Had you but known, you very easily could hav' taken the road to the right, which is Indeed the right road. This w ould have taken you by the iway of Olex up through Eight Mile to Hepp ner and on to Pendleton. Therefore in or.ler to get a wide spread publicity as to real road con ditions, the Heppner Commercial Club has made the following propo sition to the Hermiston Commercial Club, which, if put in effect, will give the public the benefit of an un biased opinion. Heppner, Oregon, June 23, 1920. To the Automobile Editor, Ore- gonian: The attention of the Heppner Com mercial Club lias been called to a let ter published in the automobile sec tion of the Oregonian of June 20th from the Hermiston Commercial Club in which the writer, Mr. F. V. Prime, takes Issue 'with a letter written by Mr. D. T. Goodman, of this city, and published in your issue of June 13th, wherein he recommended taking the right hand turn after crossing Mc Donald's Ferry, when traveling east ward thence though Olex, Eight Mile, Heppner, Pilot Rock and Pendleton. In Mr. Prime's letter this route was erroneously referred to as "the Old Oregon Trail" which pnssen through the sand county some ten or fifteen miles north of the route out lined by Mr. Goodman. The people of Heppner are no more desirous of deceiving motorists thnn are the people of Hermiston and in writing this letter the Heppner Com mercial Club is actuated' only by a desire to see that tourists ond other travelers who come through this sec tion of the country follcJw the best and most practical route. In order that the traveling public may have an authoritative source of information by which to be guided In choosing a route through, this sec tion of the state, the Heppner Com mercial Club hereby submits the fol lowing proposition to the Hermiston Commercial Club: That the Heppner Commercial Club proposes to Join with the Hermiston Commercial Club in sharing the ex pense on a fifty-fifty basis, of taking either the Automobile editor of the Oregonian, or an accredited represen tative of the Oregon State Motor Car Dealers association over the routes in question for the purpose of determin ing the best route for motorists to travel, the decision of such automo bile editor or Motor Car Dealers' re pesentative to be accepted by both commercial bodies and given undis puted publicity. HEPPNER COMMERCIAL CLUB, By S. A. Pattlson, Secretary. One Sixth of State's Quota for. Budget Raised Approximately $15,000.00 or one sixth of the state's quota outside of Portland has been subscribed toward the budget sought by the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce In Its expansion movement. Springfield, Marshfield and Bend iwere the three first towns to go "over the top" in the order named. In rais ing their quota. Other towns that have subscribed their quotas are Eugene, Newport, Redmond, Madras and Jefferson county, and Maupin. Madras' quota was raised in less than twenty-four hours. C. E. Roush, Chairman of the Mad ras and Jefferson county committee, in a letter to President Charles Hall of the Oregon State Chamber of com merce, reporting the success of the Madras and Jefferson county can vass, said: "This section of the state Is great ly interested in raising the Greater Oregon fund, and we want to see ev ery other section of the state support this movement heartily. This applies especially to Portland. Portland has a great opportunity at this time to prove to the outlying sections of Ore gon, which tomprise her trade ter ritory, that she is (willing and ready to reciprocate In the solution of our problems, and we don't expect her to fail," The Intensive canvass Is now in progress at Prineville, Coquille, Myr tle Point, Klamath Falls, Lakeview, Wallowa, Elgin, Lebanon, and Wap inltla. , It is scheduled to begin In the fol lowing towns during the tweek of June 28th: Cottage Grove, Ashland, Brownsville, Harrisburg, Bandon Gardiner, Newberg, McMinnvIlle, Sheridan, LaGrande, Wasco and Mo ro, IN THE WEEK'S NEWS L. L. Jakes and son of lone were business visitors in Heppner Wed nesday afternoon. S. E. Moore, prominent lone busi ness man, spent a few hours In Hepp ner on Wednesday. Emmett Carpenter, the Eight Mile postmaster and merchant, was here on Wednesday. Mrs. J. J. Gans and daughter. Miss Francis Gans of Uniontotwn, Wash., are spending a couple of weeks at the home of Dr. and Mrs. M. M. John son In this city. Mrs. Henry Kerber of St. Joseph, Mo., Is here to spend the summer with her son, Albert Kerber, near Lexington. She arrived Saturday with Mrs. Duvall. George J. Currin. former promin ent citizen of Morrow county, arrived in HepDner on Wednesday from his Gresham home and wiU spend sev eral days visiting with relatives and friends and looking after business in terests. Emmett Hughes, who has beeu gaining phatuaceutical knowledge at the Oregon Agricultural college, re turned to Heppner Tuesday and will spend the summer months in this vicinity. He expects to return to Cor vallis in the fall to complete his course. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Crego returned Tuesday from Portland, where they attended the Shriners convention. They had no more than reached the Rose City than Mr. Crego was op poiuted to a committee position to help care for Al Kader's guests, and thus was kept busy throughout the week. CHRISTIAN CHURCH Buiulny, July 4, 1020. The morning service begins at 10 a. m. and consists of a graded Bible school with competent instructors; here will be found a place for every one, from the youngest to the oldest. Following this is the Communion ser vice and preaching at 11 o'clock. The theme for the morning sermon will be, "The Higher Patriotism." The evening service Mill cousist of the Christian Endeavor service at 7 o'clock and preaching at 8 o'clock. Hie theme of the evening semon will be, "Is Godliness Profitable." A cordial invitation will be accord ed everyone at all the public services. The Christian Woman's Board ot Missions will meet at the home of Mrs. E. R. Huston on July 6 at 2 p. m. and all members of that organ ization are requested to be in attend ance. W. O. LIVINGSTONE, Minister. Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Healy Injured Marie, the little daughter ot Mr and Mrs. John Healy received a frac- tue of the skull when she was struck by a horse. She was brought to Heppner for surgical attention and is repoted to be improving satisfac torily. C. . Woodson May Also Be Democratic Choice Should C. E. Woodson, republican nominee for state representative from this district, be lucky at drawing, be may also be the nominee of the dem ocratic party. He has been notified by Secretary of State Sam Kozer to appear In Salem In the near future to draiw lots with J. R. Raley and J. N. Scott of Umatilla county. All three men received the same number of votes in the recent primaries, their names having been written In on the ballot. Brother of Local Woman Dies at Eastern Home Mrs. Frank C. Evans, who resides six miles below Heppner, received word last week that her brother, Hubert Hammond had died at bis home In Olean, Allegany county, New York. His death came as a severe shock as he had been In apparent perfect health up to the time of his sudden passing away. Joseph Conner Called. Joseph Conner, a CivU twar veter an and native of Iofwa, aged 74 years, passed away at the Moore hos pital in this city early Monday morn ing following an operation. He had not been in good health for several months. Mr. Conner, while little is known of his early life, spent several years in California. He was a mem ber ot Doric Lodge No.20, Knights of Pythias, and this lodge conducted the services at the grave in Masonic cem etery. The funeral was conducted from the First Christian church on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. W. O. Livingstone delivering the sermon. The deceased was a half brother ot George W. Dykstra of this city. , - Boardman Test Proves Value of Sulphur A. W. Cobb, Farm Bureau Alfalfa committeeman at Boardman has just finished checking up on the alfalfa plots on his place and finds that on the untreated area he received n yield by actual weight of 4,028 pounds ot hay per acre, on the plots that were treated with sulphur he received a yield of 5,300 pounds of hay per acre. This is a net increase of 1,272 pounds. This increase will mean at $20 per ton an increase ot $12.72 on the one cutting for an ap plication of about $2.00 worth of sulphur. If we can get yields like tliis over the county from our sulphur plots it will be well (worth while. Eery farmer should watch closely what his plot Is doing. We will close after 10 o'clock A. M. both on Saturday, July 8 and Sun day, July 4th. HEPPNER GARAGE, HILL 4 JOHX8, McROBERTS-COHN AUTO CO. Don't fail to see "The Great Air Robbery" at the Star theater this evening. It is said to be a most thrilling picture. CARL LAEMMLE offers LOCKLEAR Jiearedaifcf tie Sies-ia ifte Great Air 7 I with Locklear on LOOml the wing of a plane a mile above the earth. Loop I through j,e cloud 'i lanre nn th trail robbed the U. S. Air Mail. The mo.l ,t0DdiDf 'nm w thrill In I fed inx '" Stai . the UnudArfw VJ1"m iiiu.. TheSkv Y ' ' ' Star Theater, TONIGHT Thursday, July 1st ON NATION'S BIRTHDAY Ritter, Parkera Mill and Lexington WIU Draw Crowds Heppner and Ritter Will Join in Program Ball Games at Parkers and Many Sports Feature Lexington's Entertain, meat. With this uncomfortable weather prevailing, the mountain! will prove an attractive place for many Heppner people on the third, fourth and fifth of July. The stores of the city twill all be closed on Saturday and the fol lowing Monday, being a legal holi day, will find the banks and many ot the offices closed. This will give bus inessmen, clerks and other employees an outing that would not be gained otherwise. Under the stirring leadership ot the local commercial club, a lot of people have signified their intention ot attending the Ritter celebration. Ritter Is making preparations for oui entertainment, ana tor fear that wnav they have will not prove sufficient, they have asked Heppner to furnish a part of the program, S. E. Notson, chairman of the local committee has this in charge and it la safe to say that Heppner's part of the program iwiU be up to standard. At Parkers Mill where a Urge num ber of celebratora always go, noth ing Is being left undone tor the amusement and entertainment ot guests. Excellent camping grounds are provided. Base ball games all three days will be a feature of this year's celebration. The refreshing shade ot upper Wil low creek will be the scene of more than one picnic party and a number of persons who do not feel like mak ing the long trip from home will-go up to local camping grounds for the day. At Lexington there Will be horse racing, a bucking contest, toot races and tug ot war. Substantial cash prizes are being offered in all events. In the pony races a first prize ot $12.60 and a second ot $7.50 will be given. The winners In the saddle horse race will get $15 and $10 and the first prize in the free for all Is $20 while the second draws $12.60. 'Girlie-Girlie" Musical Cbmedy Hit in Pictures "Oh, Boy!" which Manager Sigs bee has booked for exhibition at the Star theater on Saturday is said to represent the only really successful attempt ever made to translate to the screen the complete story of a modern up-to-date "girlie-girlie" musical comedy hit. For from start to finish, "Oh, Boy!" Is just one sue-. cession of laughter-provoking, ludi crous, farcial situations, yet main taining the romantic story of 'the or iginal musical comedy production. The film version of "Oh, Boy!" Is the stage version picturized, the only variations made being those which were absolutely necessary and incid ent to the translation from stage to screen. All ot the wit, humor and farcecomedy of the regular produc tion has been retained In the film pre sentation, augmented by the fact that whereas the stage play was confined to two scenes only, the broader scope ot the cinematograph has permitted a wealth of magnificent settings. Robbery C I as you soar with the OpiTi camera man above the iaws of Death, "shooting" for your life. I from your seat as JUmp! Locklear jumps from plane to plane to foil a bandit of the sues. tti. dl.,OTy .f mUnn . . " " run-, ,n whirl, ; the Limit-